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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (6)

1. not in good condition; damaged or decayed;
- Example: "an unsound foundation"

2. not sound financially;
- Example: "unsound banking practices"

3. containing or based on a fallacy;
- Example: "fallacious reasoning"
- Example: "an unsound argument"
[syn: fallacious, unsound]

4. suffering from severe mental illness;
- Example: "of unsound mind"
[syn: mentally ill, unsound, unstable]

5. physically unsound or diseased;
- Example: "has a bad back"
- Example: "a bad heart"
- Example: "bad teeth"
- Example: "an unsound limb"
- Example: "unsound teeth"
[syn: bad, unfit, unsound]

6. of e.g. advice;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unsound \Un*sound"\, a. Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased. [1913 Webster] -- Un*sound"ly, adv. -- Un*sound"ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unsound adj 1: not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation" [ant: sound] 2: not sound financially; "unsound banking practices" [ant: sound] 3: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" [syn: fallacious, unsound] 4: suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" [syn: mentally ill, unsound, unstable] 5: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: bad, unfit, unsound] 6: of e.g. advice